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The Story Behind the Story
These characters and their story first came to me in my dreams. I received a recurring vision of them meeting for the first time in a rugged wilderness, at night, the scene lit only by the light of a small campfire.
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This dream played out multiple times over several successive nights, until decided to sit down and write it out. At the time, I thought that would be the end of it.
Instead, a doorway to this fantasy world, which had only been cracked open, was blown wide, and the first novel began to stream through with a shocking power and intensity.
I read the book as I wrote it – each day an exciting adventure, as the words flew onto the page, describing an epic quest, a message that could save a kingdom, and the characters who faced mortal danger to deliver it.
I felt like a lens, a conduit, that allowed The Stone Guardians to pour through, so they could inhabit our world.
These characters were like real people for me, I fell in love with them all, and was compelled to honour their story, not only in a written novel series, but in drawings, paintings and sculpture.
There was no choice to be made. I was driven to share this tale and these characters as a part of my life’s purpose, and connecting with them, journeying into their world, was like discovering a long-lost part of my own story.
The hardcover edition of Book One funded on Kickstarter in less than a day!
Three Become Six...About the New Editions:
All of my books – one through three – are 700 -800 plus pages long, which is too long and cumbersome for hardcover versions.
Even the trade copies can be hard to easily carry in a backpack or bag, and they make quite a handful for reading.
So with this in mind, as well as much thoughtful consideration, I have decided to split each novel into two.
Here is how it will Work...
Current Book One
Becomes:
The Messenger From Myris Dar
Book One
Keeper's Burden
Book Two
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Current Book Two
Becomes:
Remembering
Book Three
Echoes of Eternity
Book Four
&
Cover reveal coming soon...
Current Book Three
Becomes:
A Light in the Dark
Book Five
Battleground of Souls
Book Six
&
Cover reveal coming soon...